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President Barack Obama sparked a Twitter squall Friday when he said the U.S. had “tortured some folks” in the wake of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, highlighting the president’s long-standing tortured use of the word folks.

Aside from the importance of Mr. Obama saying the U.S. had tortured people, some people posted tweets criticizing his use of the colloquial “folks,” a word in American idiom often used as a casual reference to a group of people, such as family or friends. Read More »

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